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Tue 12 Dec 2008Holding off on the good news
TEACHERS PET:Everyone was anxious to accentuate the postive when researchers gathered to celebrate 10 years of the Programme for Research in Third-Level Institutions (PRTLI) at Trinity's Science Gallery late last week.
But there was no hiding the acute sense of disappointment that Minister Batt O'Keeffe did not come bearing gifts. There had been an expectation that Batt - and Taoiseach Brian Cowen - would finally announce the next PRTLI cycle, worth at least €300 million.
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